I asked him to sign my copy of "Apollo: Race to the Moon" as well as an 8x10" color print of the Mission Control emblem. I purchased the emblem print from Farthest Reaches and it had already been signed by Sy Liebergot. They also sell the same print that has been signed by Gene Kranz.

micropooz

Aaron was also the EECOM for the Apollo 12 launch when the vehicle got hit by lightning. Aaron's decisions there helped to keep Apollo 12 from coming home early. So if you have anything related to the Apollo 12 launch...

Capcom1

"Apollo 12, Try SCE to AUX.."

Anyone got a flown CM panel for sale, cheap?

Buel

quote:Originally posted by mdmyer:Does he sign freely or would he rather not sign?

Can anyone give an up to date opinion on this, please?

Sam

Does anyone know whether John Aaron, the NASA engineer, signs through the mail?

JasonIUP

He'd rather not sign. I think this comes from the fact that he "detests" autographs being resold. His word, not mine. He's very difficult to deal with; I found him to be nearly offensive.

Bob M

Was surprised to see here that John Aaron may "detest" signing autographs now, but for me some years ago, he nicely signed and inscribed: "Apollo 11 EECOM" on a cover.

As a bonus he also nicely signed the two space cover insert cards I had inside the cover.

Respecting his dislike of autograph commercialization, I would be glad to give Sam one of these cards for free, if he wants one, and also the second one free for the first collector who contacts me. (Update: Both cards are now spoken for by Sam and Jurg.)

David Carey

Each situation is different perhaps but John was kind enough to sign a CM Environmental Control System hardware component for me in 2009.

I was doing an interview with John at his home and couldn't resist bringing along what he called "a piece of my system!" for a signature.

Sadly his writing has all but faded away in the intervening years (bad pen choice) but there was no reluctance at the time to honor my request and John was a most gracious host for almost two hours.